Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya
The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) and LAYA Campaign for the Release of All Political Prisoners expressed their support for the political prisoners at the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) as the latter called for accountability and the return of missing funds, following the results of a recent audit at …
On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, KARAPATAN and the Samahan ng nga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, renewed their demands for the release of all political prisoners. In a protest action at the Department of Justice (DOJ), KARAPATAN deputy secretary general …
The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners since Marcos Sr.’s martial law, and human rights alliance Karapatan held a protest action in front of the Office of the Ombudsman on November 26, 2025 to demand immediate and complete accountability for massive corruption in government. “No …
SELDA, an organization of former political prisoners since Marcos’ martial law, assailed the latest decision by the United States Supreme Court allowing the Philippine government to have control over US$40 million (or Php 2.4 billion) in Marcos ill-gotten funds now being held by Merril Lynch, an American investment management firm. The funds, originally worth US$2 …
Like his master Ferdinand Marcos Sr., Juan Ponce Enrile will be bestowed an undeserved hero’s burial. To the members of the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), honors will be showered on Enrile who should be remembered both as a key figure in the planning of martial law and as Marcos …
The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) condemns in the strongest terms the harassment of former political prisoner Adora Faye de Vera, charging that the state should instead train its guns on corrupt bureaucrats. The 69-year old De Vera, a prolific writer, poet and researcher, reported to SELDA that she was …
The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners since Marcos Sr. martial law, has no tears to shed for the passing of Juan Ponce Enrile. For thousands of victims of the Marcos dictatorship, Enrile will forever be remembered neither as a patriot nor a statesman, but …
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The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, vehemently condemns the “violent and unjust acts of reprisal being unleashed” by Warden Crisyrel Awe against detainees in the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Bago City and called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to look into …
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The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, asserts that the Marcos family’s unpaid ₱203-billion estate tax remains the clearest symbol of entrenched impunity in the country. This comes in light of the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) recent filing of tax evasion charges against former Department …
The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), and organization of former political prisoners, together with KARAPATAN and other human rights advocates, held a protest action today, November 6, 2025, in front of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology National Headquarters in Quezon City to demand an immediate and independent investigation into …
